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Research in Xining

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Xining, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Qinghai University, Qinghai Normal University and Qinghai New Energy (China).

Research institutions
11
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▲ 124% vs 2018-21
Citations
107k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1973-2026
54 years on the record
Xining

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Xining?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Qinghai UniversityUniversity 8,405 #2,569
2Qinghai Normal UniversityUniversity 4,476 #3,562
3Qinghai University for NationalitiesUniversity 1,762 #10,307
4Qinghai University Affiliated HospitalHospital / health system 942 #15,131
5Qinghai Provincial Peoples HospitalHospital / health system 653 #13,546
6Qinghai New Energy (China)Company 552 #4,180
7Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diease Prevention and ControlInstitution 364 #24,597 all time
8Qinghai Tibetan HospitalHospital / health system 358 #14,317
9Qinghai No.3 People's HospitalHospital / health system 356 #21,240
10Qinghai Red Cross HospitalHospital / health system 175 #34,170 all time
11Qinghai Meteorological InstituteResearch facility 109 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Qinghai University: 46.3%Qinghai Normal University: 24.7%Qinghai University for Nationalities: 9.7%Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital: 5.2%7 others listed: 14.1%46%largest
Qinghai University8,405 · 46.3%Qinghai Normal University4,476 · 24.7%Qinghai University for Nationalities1,762 · 9.7%Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital942 · 5.2%7 others listed2,567 · 14.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Xining work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Xining is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,955 fractional works · 55.7% of its workEngineering: 1,240 fractional works · 17.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 400 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 181 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 128 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 100 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 743 fractional works · 10.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 245 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 158 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 109 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 741 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEcology: 180 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 139 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 82 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 451 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 277 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomaterials: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 241 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 149 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 153 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 145 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 107 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 111 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 96 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1,612 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 715 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPlant Science: 317 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSoil Science: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 701 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 399 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 125 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 94 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,132 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMedicine: 1,048 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 124 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 118 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 137 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 395 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 175 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKXining7,094fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,24017.5%
    2. Computer Science74310.5%
    3. Environmental Science74110.4%
    4. Materials Science4516.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2413.4%
    6. Chemistry1532.2%
    7. Energy1452.0%
    8. Mathematics1111.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy961.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering330.5%
  2. Life Sciences1,61222.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71510.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7019.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology941.3%
    4. Neuroscience650.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics370.5%
  3. Health Sciences1,13216.0%
    1. Medicine1,04814.8%
    2. Nursing480.7%
    3. Health Professions230.3%
    4. Veterinary100.1%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
    1. Social Sciences1752.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting570.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance520.7%
    4. Psychology460.6%
    5. Decision Sciences410.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities240.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Xining strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Xining is most concentrated in Ecological Modeling, Atmospheric Science and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (5.2× the world share in Ecological Modeling).

  1. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 24.0 works5.2×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 132.5 works5.0×
  3. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 32.1 works5.0×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 27.4 works4.3×
  5. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 42.1 works4.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 582 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 599 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 76 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 131 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 652 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 207 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.23× its world share, 123 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 1,056 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.07× its world share, 617 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.84× its world share, 386 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 95 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 870 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 53 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 160 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.23×123 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.20×207 works
  3. Environmental Science2.07×617 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.04×582 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.87×599 works
  6. Materials Science1.84×386 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×32 works
  8. Computer Science1.40×652 works
  9. Chemistry1.39×131 works
  10. Mathematics1.34×95 works
  11. Nursing1.32×39 works
  12. Chemical Engineering1.31×28 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×76 works
  14. Engineering1.17×1,056 works
  15. Veterinary0.78×6 works
  16. Medicine0.75×870 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.62×36 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.60×80 works
  19. Neuroscience0.52×50 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×46 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×53 works
  22. Social Sciences0.21×160 works
  23. Psychology0.19×34 works
  24. Health Professions0.13×20 works
  25. Dentistry0.12×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.11×19 works

Which keywords describe research in Xining?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, Energy Storage, Land Use Change, Nanomaterials, Cathode Materials and Oxidative Stress.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change507▲ 2.6×87 topics
  2. Deep Learning370▲ 1.51×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning255◆ 1.08×79 topics
  4. Remote Sensing252▲ 2.9×39 topics
  5. Epidemiology230▼ 0.81×112 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress220▲ 1.89×59 topics
  7. Nanomaterials190▲ 2.6×19 topics
  8. Environmental Impact182▲ 1.50×50 topics
  9. Energy Storage181▲ 3.9×12 topics
  10. Inflammation181▲ 1.20×83 topics
  11. Sustainability173◆ 1.00×64 topics
  12. Renewable Energy172▲ 1.67×43 topics
  13. Cancer157▲ 1.64×57 topics
  14. Neural Networks155▲ 1.41×38 topics
  15. Cathode Materials134▲ 4.9×3 topics
  16. Lithium-ion Batteries130▲ 4.4×4 topics
  17. Microbial Communities130▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Land Use Change126▲ 5.9×7 topics
  19. Graphene117▲ 2.5×10 topics
  20. Biodiversity115▲ 2.1×25 topics
  21. Gene Expression107▲ 2.4×20 topics
  22. Ecosystem Functioning105▲ 7.2×7 topics
  23. Global Change97▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Battery Technology97▲ 4.9×3 topics
  25. Hydrology93▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Adaptation91▲ 4.3×12 topics
  27. Rechargeable Batteries88▲ 4.7×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services88▲ 3.2×13 topics
  29. Biochar Application88▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Global Impact85▲ 7.1×4 topics
  31. Nutrient Limitation70▲ 8.8×2 topics
  32. Soil Carbon Sequestration67▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Battery Materials66▲ 5.6×1 topic
  34. Nanostructured Anodes66▲ 5.6×1 topic
  35. Nitrogen Cycle64▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Organic Matter Dynamics64▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Molecular Structure62▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. Regional Planning55▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Pulmonary Edema54▲ 15×2 topics
  40. High Altitude54▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Xining?

Advancements in Battery …55Advancements in Battery Materials: 55 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…49Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 49 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia: 45 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 38 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 36 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 36 fractional worksGraph theory and applications: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …35Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 35 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 34 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 33 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSoil ScienceGeneticsEcology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 49 works
  3. 3 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 45 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 36 works
  6. 6 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 36 works
  7. 7 Graph theory and applications Geometry and Topology 35 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 35 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 34 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 33 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Xining18.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2024.

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